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During a ski vacation to Sierra Nevada, Cushing visited Squaw Valley, which is seven miles from the north shore of Lake Tahoe. [17] He decided that its possibilities as a ski resort were great, so he went into partnership to develop it with Wayne Poulsen, a pilot and former champion skier who had purchased much of the valley's land, 640 acres (2.6 km 2), in the 1940s from Union Pacific ...
The 1964 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the fourteenth and final season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 12, 1964, and ended October 31, 1964, after eleven races.
In June 1948, the two founded the Squaw Valley Development Company [20] and Cushing replaced Poulsen as president of the Squaw Valley Development Corporation by October 1949. [21] Squaw Valley Ski Resort opened on Thanksgiving Day 1949. [22] The resort was constructed with $400,000 raised by Cushing, including $150,000 of his own money. [21]
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Squaw Valley, now called Palisades Tahoe, was a struggling ski resort with minimal facilities, which made its selection to host the 1960 Winter Olympics a surprise. [2] [3] Wayne Poulsen and Alexander Cushing were inspired to bid for the Olympics by a newspaper article mentioning that Reno, Nevada, and Anchorage, Alaska, had expressed interest in the Games.
The ranges had 15 pull-type targets with a "sleeve and plunger" system with five recharges. This allowed up to 75 participants in the race. An additional practice range was built in the Squaw Valley–Deer Park area, in addition to the 250-meter (820 ft) range being available for training.